After reaching the NFC championship game last season, the Falcons won’t be satisfied with anything less than a trip to the biggest game this season. So says wideout Roddy White.

"We're ready to take that next step,” White said Wednesday on “ESPN First Take.” “We know how good our football team is and the players we got, so it's either Super Bowl or nothing for us right now.”

Roddy White says the Falcons won't be satisfied with anything less than a Super Bowl appearance this season. (AP Photo) (David Goldman/AP)

The Falcons have made the playoffs in four out of five seasons under Mike Smith but didn’t win a playoff game until defeating Seattle last year in the divisional round. They almost made it to the Super Bowl but couldn’t hold a 17-0 lead against the 49ers in the NFC title game.

“Anything short of that (Super Bowl) is not a good season for us right now,” White said.

White conceded that until last season, the Falcons were satisfied with simply making the playoffs. In their three three playoff games under Smith, Atlanta was outscored 102-47.

"I think that the first three we were getting there and were just having fun being there,” White said. “And then we turned a curb, and we said we have to stop just getting there and we have to win games."

Asked to rank the top five teams in the NFL entering 2013, White listed, in order: Atlanta, San Francisco, New England, Denver and Seattle.

"I feel like we’re a better football team than the San Francisco 49ers," he said.

One of the reasons White is so confident is the Falcons’ addition of running back Steven Jackson. White says Jackson will make the Falcons less predictable because he’s a receiving threat out of the backfield—something that former Falcon Michael Turner wasn’t.

"When you have a guy like that, nothing changes. You just go out there and play. The defense has to guess and try to make a guess at what you're doing ... is it run? ... is it pass? It will be a whole lot different."